Review of The King's Speech written by David Seidler and directed by Tom Hooper Rating ***** I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to convince you to see this film. If a best picture win doesn't do it then nothing will. I am glad that another nonfiction film won, though. This year's Oscars … [Read more...] about The King’s Speech: A nonfiction film takes best picture
Review of Secretariat
Review of Secretariat written by Mike Rich and directed by Randall Wallace Rating *** 1/2 This is one of those movies I knew I wanted to see, but was willing to wait for it to come out on DVD. One reason I wanted to wait was because I was hoping that there would be some DVD extras with footage … [Read more...] about Review of Secretariat
Review of You Don’t Know Jack
Review of You Don't Know Jack written by Adam Mazer and directed by Barry Levinson rating **** This is the story of Jack Kevorkian and his efforts to promote physician assisted suicides. Al Pacino plays Kevorkian. John Goodman plays the medical equipment supplier who assists Kevorkian once his … [Read more...] about Review of You Don’t Know Jack
The Time Machine Called The Pacific
Review of the HBO miniseries The Pacific Rating ***** I don't watch very many miniseries. They take too long. But this is one miniseries that I watched every minute of. Watching this miniseries was as close as you can get to stepping into a time machine and going back to 1941 -1945. This is … [Read more...] about The Time Machine Called The Pacific
Crazy: An interesting story about an unlikely subject
Review of Crazy written by Jason Ehlers, Rick Bieber, and Brent Boyd and directed by Rick Bieber Rating **** This is one of those films I came across browsing the shelves of my local Blockbuster. I had never heard of the film prior to stumbling upon it at Blockbuster. But as we close out the … [Read more...] about Crazy: An interesting story about an unlikely subject
Unstoppable is Speed 3 done right
Unstoppable written by Mark Bompaback and Directed by Tony Scott Rating **** 1/2 In Speed, the 1994 movie starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, it was a speeding bus that created the drama. For this film it's a speeding train. But this film has something going for it that Speed didn't. This … [Read more...] about Unstoppable is Speed 3 done right